Incident happened in the Waverly area of Lake Wales

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd is holding a news conference at 5 p.m. on “what appears to be a double murder of two children by their mother and her subsequent suicide,” according to a news release.

The incident happened early Sunday in the Waverly area of Lake Wales, deputies said.

No other information is available at this time.

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